Smart City: Public Safety

Smart technologies are revolutionizing how cities locate, mitigate and prevent safety issues. Smart city approaches allow the City to improve its analytical and responsive capabilities, while improving transparency and better informing the public. Several recent initiatives demonstrate the City’s leadership in smart public safety initiatives.

Completed Projects

Police Observation Devices (PODs) constructed in-house by City police officers, which are customized to City needs and provide multiple public safety benefits such as video feed, and license plate recognition. Building on the Police Department’s successful deployment of these units and growing community demand, the City is now supplying technical specifications and recommendations to other agencies.

Deployment of four zero emission motorcycles to better serve the changing landscape of downtown, the new Golden 1 Center, and community events. Benefits include the more compact design of the motorcycles for improved maneuverability, no emissions, no noise, and no hot parts that pose risk of burns at crowded community events. In addition, the motorcycles have lower costs of operation.